Clothes-wringer.



P. H. KELLY.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.16, 1913.

1,100,830, I Patented June 23,191L

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' .2 ZerI/ZZZ P. H. KELLY.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 16, 1913.

Patented June 23, 19%

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11D STATES PA'llilN'l UFFIQE.

PETER H. KELLY, CF CLINTON, IOWA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, T0 LOVELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

CORPURATION OF IPENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHEfi-WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 1914.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it lrnown that I, PETER H. KELLY, citizen of the United States, residing at Clinton, in the county of Clinton and State of Iowa, have invented a new and usefnl. Improvement in Clothes-Wringers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates, particularly, to an improvement in means for effecting quickly therelease of' the movable clamping roll from the companion roll in a clothes wringer or mangle, in the event of accident, such as the of the operator or laundry-work becoming caught between the rolls.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vie in front elevation of a clotheswringer quipped with my invention; Fig. 2 is an end view of the same; Fig. 3 is a broken section on line 3, Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a section on line 4, Fig. 3, Fig. .5 is an enlarged perspective view showing one of the two similar latch and set-screw carrying yokes or saddles and catch-stud devices provided on the top of the wringer at its opposite ends. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the channel pieces carrying the catch studs; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the latches having the releasing handle.

The general construction of the wringer illustrated for showing my invention is one in common use: Upright side-stiles 6, 6 contain vertical slots, as shown of the slot 7 in Fig. 2, extending from the upper ends of the stiles and provided in their lower ends with bearings for the drive-shaft 8 of the lower roll 9. The upper roll 10 and lower roll are journaled to work in metal heads 11, 11,- at the inner sides of the side-stiles, the upper roll being vertically movable in its bearings relative to the roll 9 for the cooperation of the rolls in feeding the work between them, the pressure against the roll 10 being exerted at its journal-ends through the medium of adequately-stilt spiral springs 12 each confined between a cap 13 straddling a journal and a tongue 14 projecting over the top of the respective spring from the adj accnt end of a cross-bar 15 which rests at the tongues 14.- upon the opposite springs 12.

lhe side-stiles 6 are fastened together at their upper ends by a top-rail 16 let, at. its end-portions, into the upper ends of the slots 7 and rigidly fastened therein. -A pair of metal channel-pieces 17 embraces .transversely each stile 6 near its upper end to reinforce it and each piece 17 has acatchstud 18 projecting from one face, the channel-piece being bolted in place through the stile, as shown at 19, and the members of each pair thereof being shown to be further secured in place by a bolt 20 passing through them and transversely through the top-rail 16 to secure the latter. On the upper end of each stile 6 is loosely seated a saddle 21 provided centrally between its ends with an internally-threaded nut-forming sleeve 22 for a set-screw 23 to adapt the latter to bear and work at its inner. end against a tongue 14. 'To the sides of the saddles are pivoted latches 24 to engage with the catch-studs 18 for releasably locking the saddles in place, whereby, when the set- OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, A

screws are turned in the proper direction, Y

engaging them from the-studs 18, they are.

connected in pairs by rods 25; and the pair of latches on one stile 6 are extended outwardly, at their lower ends, as tongues 241 which are connected by a handle 26 for manipulatingthe latches at one end of the wringer.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of construction of my.

present improvement thus specificall shown and described, and I do not intend y illustratin a single, specific, or preferred form, to limit my invention thereto; 'my intention being in the following claims to claim protection upon all the novelty there may be in the device as broadly as the state of the art willermit.

W at I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a clothes wringer, the combination of a presser roll; a frame in which the presser roll is mounted comprising side stiles and a top bar rigidly secured to the side stiles; a spring arranged at each end of the presser roll and between the presser roll and the springs to set said roll relative to the companion-roll, pivotal latches depending in pairs from the ends of the saddles, one pair of said latches having a. handle, rods connecting corresponding members of the latch-pairs, and catch-studs on said stiles releasably engageable by said latches.

PETER H. KELLY.

In presence of JULIUS LANDESMAN, L. HEISLAR. 

